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| Don't mind the bikini top hanging off the kitchen pantry door in this romantic photo. Photo taken by my brother in Michigan the fall before we were engaged. |
I cannot believe it’s almost a new year! This year was one of the best years of my life. I feel like I made some really good decisions this year: Getting married was definitely at the top, taking our honeymoon right away was a great decision, road-tripping with all of our belongings and cat to our new home-base in the Midwest (also known as a storage unit and where we store our cars), visiting friends all over the country along the way, and last but not least moving to Australia temporarily.
I still can’t believe we moved to Australia!!
I figured out inadvertently today, that organizing pictures is a great way to reflect on the past year. Friends birthdays, housewarmings, traveling, wedding shower, there was an insane number of photo folders I had to create to organizejust this year’s photos. It made me homesick, happy, reflective. I always use this week in between Christmas and New Years to reflect. So, that's where I found myself this week, feet up, on the couch, earl grey tea in hand. Attempting to reflect on an entire year can be a doosie.
I realized I needed to make more of an effort to reflect on my life more than just every New Year. (Why haven't I done this sooner?) Reflect on the good, the bad, where I’m heading, where I’ve come from- all of it (stop living my life at lightning speed). I have a heavy list of goals for my 2013, most important of which is to be happy wherever life takes me this year. Wherever I am, I want to be all the way there. To not let my own ideas of what I think my life should be like destroy or hold back the life that is actually happening in front of my eyes. I refuse to let comparison of others or others lives be the thief of my joy. I want to live in the moment this year, love my life, all the imperfections, as much as possible, more than ever. Some other goals that are not so heavy include: wear more lipstick (finally become an adult), get more serious about my photography and art, and do something special for turning 30 this year! Any suggestions?
Happy New Year everyone!
